Removal of Conditions

[etapia 32]

1 minute ago, etapia said:

I did not think we needed the birth certificate because we had everything else showing proof of relationship and pictures to back it up. That was my fault, hindsight 20/20 wishing I would have done that first. 

We will go tomorrow and get it done since they opened back up last week. they say it is a quick process so we will just do that instead so that there is no more confusion. 

[etapia 32]

57 minutes ago, Allaboutwaiting said:

If you have a kid together the birth certificate is very good evidence to include.

And hopefully it will end with the issues you've been facing regarding the mistaken fee.

thanks we will get this done. Just to clear things up, I got pregnant with our son while he was living in the Dominican in 2017, had our son 2018, bf at the time moved here in 2019 after our son was born. Procrastinated to get the signed birth certificate then covid hit and put things behind. Which is why my husbands name was not on the original bc, because he was not here when I had our son.  He came months later. 

[carmel34 3,655]

Did you list your US citizen child on the I-751, Part 5?  This could be the problem.

 

Each conditional resident dependent, eligible for inclusion on the principal petitioner’s Form I-751 and listed under Part
5. of Form I-751, is required to submit an additional biometric services fee of $85.

[Crazy Cat 42,218]

To be honest, after 3 rejections, I think I would hire a professional.  "Ask a Pro" area of VJ might be helpful.  

[etapia 32]

49 minutes ago, carmel34 said:

Did you list your US citizen child on the I-751, Part 5?  This could be the problem.

 

Each conditional resident dependent, eligible for inclusion on the principal petitioner’s Form I-751 and listed under Part
5. of Form I-751, is required to submit an additional biometric services fee of $85.

Why should we if they are not coming here to the US, and the other was born here in the United States? So that means it would be 255 in for all three of them? Wow

[carmel34 3,655]

1 hour ago, etapia said:

Why should we if they are not coming here to the US, and the other was born here in the United States? So that means it would be 255 in for all three of them? Wow

My point was if you did list the child in Part 5, they would be expecting the additional $85 fee.  If you did not list any children in Part 5, then the $680 was the correct amount and the problem lies elsewhere.  Good luck!

[Crazy Cat 42,218]

@etapia, are you 100% sure you both signed the I-751 in the correct spot?  Used current form?  

[etapia 32]

16 minutes ago, carmel34 said:

My point was if you did list the child in Part 5, they would be expecting the additional $85 fee.  If you did not list any children in Part 5, then the $680 was the correct amount and the problem lies elsewhere.  Good luck!

that makes a lot of sense. Doing some research now and I believe that is the issue. 

[Rocio0010 5,631]

You need to provide the names of all children (including stepchildren not living with you). You would state that they are not applying with you. See the photo I attached:

[etapia 32]

7 minutes ago, ra0010 said:

You need to provide the names of all children (including stepchildren not living with you). You would state that they are not applying with you. See the photo I attached:

yes we did this exactly how you stated as we were worried about the fees but every time we got the same response. I thought we were supposed to include them all because that is what we did on the fiance visa early on.  However, now I believe we have to pay the biometrics fee for them. I am reading this online:If you became a Conditional Resident on the same day, or within 90 days of your parent, then your parent can include you on his or her I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence. That means you will not have to file a separate I-751 Petition. However, you will have to pay the Biometrics Fee, which, as of this writing is $85.00. If you are included in your parent’s I-751 petition then you are considered to be a derivative dependent of your parent and whether the conditions on your residence are removed will depend upon whether your parent’s I-751 petition is approved and his or her conditions are removed.

 

[Greencard-22 43]

15 hours ago, etapia said:

I would have thought that as well since it is the same wording every time. Yet, every time they placed our 1st check stapled on top, 2nd cashiers check stapled on top, and this third time stapled on top. Please see attached. When you see that it is stapled and stamped I believe you will be lost as well.  I even used ten different calculators thinking my calculations were off and I excelled in math. LOL

Cashiers Check.doc 128.5 kB · 34 downloads

Who did you make the check out to? Was it made to - U.S Department of Homeland Security Citizenship and Immigration Services? It looks like that is what the original pay to order of, was made out to. 
Because it’s just suppose to be - U.S. Department of Homeland Security

 

 

[etapia 32]

Just now, Greencard-22 said:

Who did you make the check out to? Was it made to - U.S Department of Homeland Security Citizenship and Immigration Services? It looks like that is what the original pay to order of, was made out to. 
Because it’s just suppose to be - U.S. Department of Homeland Security. I do believe it is the fee like the other posters are stating. I believe they think that the children will be coming here at a later time. therefore a biometric fees is needed.  I plan on talking to rapid visa who we initially did our visa with and in hopes to get a better outcome.

thankyou all for your replies, this has helped significantly.

Just now, Greencard-22 said:

 

 

We made sure to check to make the check out to U.S department of homeland security. We have continued to get stamps like this on all of our rejection notices. 

Rejection.doc

[Rocio0010 5,631]

9 minutes ago, etapia said:

yes we did this exactly how you stated as we were worried about the fees but every time we got the same response. I thought we were supposed to include them all because that is what we did on the fiance visa early on.  However, now I believe we have to pay the biometrics fee for them. I am reading this online:If you became a Conditional Resident on the same day, or within 90 days of your parent, then your parent can include you on his or her I-751 Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence. That means you will not have to file a separate I-751 Petition. However, you will have to pay the Biometrics Fee, which, as of this writing is $85.00. If you are included in your parent’s I-751 petition then you are considered to be a derivative dependent of your parent and whether the conditions on your residence are removed will depend upon whether your parent’s I-751 petition is approved and his or her conditions are removed.

 

Right, but your child is an American Citizen by birth, so he’s not applying with you and thus, no fee is needed. 
Remember that your husband is the beneficary of this application, so for his previous kids the answer would be no for both 4 and 5. For the baby, it would be “yes” on 4 and “no” on 5, because he’s American by birth. Hope that makes sense.

[etapia 32]

5 minutes ago, ra0010 said:

Right, but your child is an American Citizen by birth, so he’s not applying with you and thus, no fee is needed. 
Remember that your husband is the beneficary of this application, so for his previous kids the answer would be no for both 4 and 5. For the baby, it would be “yes” on 4 and “no” on 5, because he’s American by birth. Hope that makes sense.

 

6 minutes ago, ra0010 said:

Right, but your child is an American Citizen by birth, so he’s not applying with you and thus, no fee is needed. 
Remember that your husband is the beneficary of this application, so for his previous kids the answer would be no for both 4 and 5. For the baby, it would be “yes” on 4 and “no” on 5, because he’s American by birth. Hope that makes sense.

thank you so much this helps. 

[etapia 32]

9 minutes ago, etapia said:

 

thank you so much this helps. 

Just got off the phone with a representative from USCIS. They cannot give you legal representation but to break it down, we were told that we needed to pay the biometric fees for both children living in the Dominican.  We will never have to pay for the biometric fee to remove conditions on them again but we will have to pay for the application fee for any type of application that we fill out for them to come here to live with us.  Shocking but true.